MOBILE, Alabama -- The man accused of bludgeoning to death Zoa White will represent himself in his capital murder trial after a forensic psychologist found him mentally competent, a judge declared today.

Kennedy said he dropped out of the University of Mississippi after his sophomore year and has been installing satellite TV in homes.

“I just feel confident that I can do it myself,” Kennedy said in court today.

The prosecution is seeking the death penalty.

Johnston asked Kennedy whether he planned to truly defend his case in court, and Kennedy replied that he did.

At one point, the judge asked “do you want to win or do you just want to go and get executed?”

“I want to win but also, at the same time, I want to save my reputation,” Kennedy said.

White, 69, had worked as a real estate agent and as special projects director for the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Her body was found by police on the morning of June 28, 2010, inside her Spring Hill Avenue home.

The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head.

Police have said that a trail of blood found throughout the house matched a sample of Kennedy's DNA.

The judge had ordered a mental evaluation of Kennedy after he declared that he wanted to be his own lawyer.

The psychologist’s report found Kennedy to be competent with no past mental health issues or intellectual deficiencies, Johnston said.

As he stood before the judge in handcuffs, Kennedy sounded alert and well spoken. He asked for transcripts of his previous hearings in the case.

The judge agreed and also gave him a copy of the Alabama Criminal Code, even marking the page that addresses capital murder.

He told Kennedy that it will be difficult for him to track down and interview witnesses and hire experts while being held in Mobile County Metro Jail with no bail. Kennedy declined an offer to have an appointed lawyer sit with him during the trial.

Kennedy will have until March to change his mind and be appointed a lawyer.

The trial is scheduled for September 2012.

After Kennedy said he wants to save his reputation, Assistant District Attorney Jo Beth Murphree responded.

“Whether he has a lawyer or whether he represents himself, that may not be able to happen...in all honesty, that is not likely to happen,” Murphree said.

He faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty, if convicted.